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[7] Preliminary design showing variant elevations for the third scheme for the funerary monument, 1775, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/154
Purpose
[7] Preliminary design showing variant elevations for the third scheme for the funerary monument, 1775, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation of a funerary monument set within a landscape. This is composed of a stylobate, supporting a sarcophagus, containing a figurative relief panel. The sarcophagus supports a pedestal, ornamented with a circular inscription panel, and surmounted by an urn. The whole is set in a niche within a pyramid in relief, ornamented with bands of ornament and a bust. Below is an alternative monument, composed of a stylobate, supporting a drum ornamented with an oval medallion flanked by figures, and with a frieze ornamented with connected enclosed rosettes and ram masks. This is surmounted by a socle ornamented with half figures, supporting a strigillated sarcophagus, containing an inscription panel
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1775
datable to 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (187 x 302)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature reference see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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